Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and renown. (Carl von Clausewitz)

Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and renown.

Carl von Clausewitz

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